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body whorl of the shell. One pair of these teeth is placed in the 

 throat, so near to the labrum as readily to be seen by looking in 

 at the aperture. These teeth are nearly equidistant from each 

 other, and from the extremities of the labrum. The other pair is 

 placed so far within the shell as not to be seen at all from the 

 aperture. 



I found several specimens in a humid situation at Harrigate. 

 iJ-'W BuLiMUS MUTILATUS. — Shell turriculated, pale reddish brown ; 

 whorls four, longitudinally striated with irregular elevated lines 

 or wrinkles, which are a little more prominent near the sutures ; 

 suture not deeply indented ; apex widely truncated ; labrum 

 whitish, destitute of calcareous deposit ; body whorl more than 

 double the width of the truncated apex; spire one and a half 

 times longer than the aperture. Length less than one inch ; width 

 less than half an inch ; length of the aperture two-fifths of an 

 inch. 



Inhabits South Carolina, about Charleston. 



This curious shell is the first and only species of the genus 

 Bulimus, native of the United States, that I have yet seen. I am 

 indebted for it to the researches of Mr. Stephen pjlliott, of 

 Charleston, who informs me that it is there found in gardens. In 

 the truncated form of the apex of the spire, this species resembles 

 the decollata, conso/idata, ti~uncata, and Pvpa torticollis, &c., but 

 it is sufficiently distinct from the former, to which it is more 

 closely allied than to the others, by its less cylindrical and more 

 conic form, being much more robust in its figure and less elongated ; 

 the aperture is consequently wider, and forms a greater proportion 

 of the total length. It does not change to an opake white after 

 the death of the animal, as the decollata generally does. 



Pupa contracta. — Shell dextral, short, subovate, white ; apex 

 obtuse; whorls five; umbilicus distinct; aperture regularly 

 orbicular, complete, the lamina of the labium being elevated 

 above the surface of the preceding whorl, and joining the extremi- 

 ties of the labia ; labium with a large, elongated, prominent tooth, 

 which is concave on the side towards the labrum ; labrum 

 bidentate, a large tooth or fold far within the throat, caused by 

 the fold of the umbilicus ; throat much contracted by the large 

 tooth of the labrum into the form of a horse-shoe. 



Total length less than one-tenth of an inch. Inhabits Virginia. 

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